"Thanks for the kind words Andrew. And I am so pleased to hear your business has hit the ground running. I have some flyers on the way, but am A little unsure about how it would be percieved, me posting them during this time. I don't want to get a ba…"

"Consider recruiting an apprentice by working with with local college and getting a well rounded interested and qualified employee. Agree with RK that chipper and stump grinder quals are a great choice, also this equipment is dangerous and expensive…"

"Hi John.
rather than buy a new pruning saw is there anything wrong with using my battery recipricocal saw with a fine tooth blade 300mm long (I already have them) this gives lovely accurate straight cuts on fencing materials and have used many times…"

"Thanks John, the client likes a good drink now and then so if he found out about the winemaking he would have me cutting a branch a week off..
That is very helpful, Looks like I wil lhave to order a new pruning saw as my old little one is not up to…"

"I would do it. Would maybe try and wait a month or so but to do it now will be ok. Do nice tidy cuts to the branch collars and don't put anything on the wounds. People make wine from birch sap and tap the trees deliberately and they survive."

"Evening Craig,sorry to here about the rough time you had,but on a happier note your back on track.To start,finding this forum was a blessing,how informative they all are,I've held back on flyering and spoke to a window cleaner I know very well to ke…"

Hi all. New to the site, very interesting reading some of the posts. I'm based in Oxfordshire and a self employed gardener, mainly concentrating on the horticultural side of things and no so much on the hard stuff. Gardening runs in the family, my…

Hi everyone.I have a client with a weeping birch that has 5 or six branches growing vertically (so not very weeping), he wants these pruned back hard to where the weeping format is. the weeping part of the tree is approx 3.6 meters, the verticle br…

"I'm in surrey, I have just paid £360 for verifiecation of accounts & tax returns. Never even met my accountant. As Andrew says its tax deductable & this year the chancellor has had to give me £1.5k back & nothing to pay til July 21. Which along with…"

"the instructions said "firm ground" - so we just scraped off obvious lumps then levelled with the minimum disruption possible to the surface. It was a shed for general storage.... not for storing a motorbike or similar.... I would think if it was fo…"